(sigh), I miss Lebanon…and its beautiful spring.

You have a beautiful country Mustapha, I envy you. My favorite is number 9

Great website and photos, tks. It goes to show you how amazing Lebanon is when the Lebanese are not in the picture. I say let us build a few more “centres” in there.

Lebanon to me is not about mountains and rocks and flowers and beaches and sunsets….Lebanon to me is about its people. Any picture of Lebanon that does not have a person in it to me means nothing. I want to see the people and not the land because what is unique about Lebanon is its people and how they survive so mightly, despite their surroundings.

Thanks for this lead Mustapha. Its really a great way to introduce my friends to Lebanon. My favourites are 3,6,9,27,36,69,73.

What’s with this Ms. Levantine preferring a Lebanon without Lebanese? Hey, you know, the Levantine encompasses more than Lebanon, may I suggest she moves to Syria, Palestine or Jordan? Perchance the people there are more to her Levantine liking.

Ms. Levantine is not Lebanese, I am a hundred percent sure. NO Lebanese would say what she said and even publish it!!! You can put down politics, politicians, whatever and whomever but to say that Lebanon is amazing when the Lebanese are not in the picture is simply pure hatred for a people that has been through alot. She is not Lebanese and I would stake my life on it. Fess up, what are you really?

Damn it! Caught by the Lebanese PC patrol. Mea culpa. Pls don’t denounce me to Fayrouz and I promise to eat my tabbouleh from now on.

As for this lousy French photographer, how dare he not include our glorious and long suffering people in his photos? Doesn’t he know we invented the alphabet?

And how about our love for nature, our exquisite architecture and magnificent urbanism? This frenchie is obviously a Syrian agent.

Is this better?

Awsome photos, thanks for sharing. I like your pick and add to it #58.
Dalal

I only miss Lebanon when I am abroad. When I am in Lebanon, I just get irritated by people and want to leave asap.

Lebanon is good but Lebanese are a pain the ass.

Unfunny vox populi said that the Lebanese are a “pain in the ass”, he didn’t say they shoudn’t exist a la Ms. Levantine. I vote vox populi a thousand times more Lebanese than what’s her name who thinks that dripping poison with a smile over the Lebanese is cool and witty. Nah, think again.

Beautiful pics, some of the land we are forsaking. But I agree, there’s much more to Lebanon than water, mountain, and sky. Talented french photographer saw the beauty that lent itself to his eyes. A lebanese photographer would have seen a little more. Thanks for the link mustapha.

So Lebanon to Levantine Khanum is just about Tabbouleh and Fayrouz? How cliche, but then again, if one is truly Lebanese, they would not fall on these cliches. I am suspecting Palestinian blood in Miss Clementine. It has that bitter taste to it.

Such a majestic and picturesque country,made for poets and shephards.If you showed these pics to buddhist monks,taoists,and spiritual people in general,theyd so want to be here.God bless the land of milk and honey and tawal 3omr lebnanyeen so they can finally be at peace and one with the land.

Our greatest export came from someone who was one and at peace with the land,Khalil Gibran,you have your Lebanon and i have mine.the future is looking green.

I visited Lebanon a couple of years ago to do an English language camp in the south. Si many of the young people I met saw no future for themselves in Lebanon. I found this so sad. If the talented young people of Lebanon all aspire to leave then what hope for the future?

Guys,

When a Lebanese person, like Ms. Levantine, says that Lebanon is better without the Lebanese, she’s just expressing our frustration that such a beautiful country is being so neglected by its people.. I think Ms. Levantine IS Lebanese and I even think she’s from Zgharta :)

It’s amazing how a simple post about the beauty of a country can bring so much rancor… Admit it, we need to work on our cynicism..

I am not from Zgharta, but, if there is one thing about its inhabitants, is their immense pride in their people from the M3awad family, to the Frangieh family (yes, even them), to the Karam family (Youssef Bey Karam who singlehandedly fought the occupation of the Turks and had to face bitter exile), to the Douaihy family not to mention many more, all aknowledge that without its people, Zgharta is just a piece of land, a grand one at that, but just a piece of land. Levantine chick does not strike me as having the pride of a person from Zgharta, I would suggest going South, deep South, beyond the borders and you will find her lineage. No cynism participated in this comment, just a Lebanese gut feeling.

i loved the link. amazing pictures! it was almost hard to believe this is back home!